Woman's body found near the Santa Clara River ID'd

St. George Police investigators walk through a field north of the Tonaquint Cemetery after a dead woman's body was found in a wash near the Santa Clara River there early Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017.(Photo: Kevin Jenkins / The Spectrum & Daily News)Buy Photo

Trombley said Crawford is the same woman who was reported missing last month by St. George Police. At the time, Crawford reportedly had not “reached out to her 4-year-old daughter” since someone last had contact with her on June 22, which had raised concern among acquaintances, according to the alert.

A woman with the same name, birthdate and city of residence also has been the subject of a court warrant since she failed to report to probation officers about her progress following a pair of drug use arrests earlier this year.

She was released from custody June 2 and agents reported a violation the following month after noting she had stated she would be receiving residential drug treatment but had failed to do so.

The body was reported to police by a pedestrian who was walking along the river north of the Tonaquint Cemetery shortly after 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

At the time, Trombley said detectives believed Crawford’s body had washed down the river from another unknown location, and they did not know how long she had been dead.

“Where we’re at right now is a wash, so there’s not a lot of water. So (the body) wasn’t submerged,” Trombley said, raising the question of whether Crawford had come down the river when the water was higher.